Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
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The women's 1500 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung[1] on 12 February 2018.[2][3]
Women's 1500 metres at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Gangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea | ||||||||||||
Date | 12 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:54.35 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Dutch skater Ireen Wüst, gold medalist at the previous Winter Olympics in this discipline, won the gold medal, Miho Takagi from Japan won the silver medal and Marrit Leenstra from the Netherlands won bronze, only 0.01 seconds ahead of her fellow countrywoman Lotte van Beek. On winning the gold medal Wüst became the first athlete to win gold medals at four consecutive Winter Olympics, exactly twelve years after her first Olympic medal in the 3000 metres in 2006,[4] and with a total of ten medals, including five golds, Wüst takes the seventh position in the list of best Winter Olympic athlete ever.[5] Wüst also became the most decorated Olympic skater in terms of the total number of medals. For Japan's Miho Takagi, it was her first Olympic medal.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Hayley Wickenheiser, member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Patricia St. Peter, ISU council member.